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A man suspected of killing three police officers responding to a domestic violence incident in central France has been “discovered dead,” Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin announced Wednesday.
In a Twitter post, Darmanin did not give further details of how the 48-year-old man died, but said he was heading to the scene near Saint-Just, a village south of the city of Clermont-Ferrand.
The officers were shot as they attempted to rescue a woman in a house in an isolated hamlet near the village of Saint-Just south of the city of Clermont-Ferrand.
Police had approached the house shortly after midnight and were targeted by gunfire.
The man initially shot and killed one officer and wounded another, before setting fire to the house.
Two further officers, responding to the scene, were then fired on and killed, according to the prosecutor’s office in Clermont-Ferrand.
The woman was safely rescued, and was being questioned by police.
Police reinforcements were rushed to the scene, and all roads leading to the house were blocked off.
Firefighters are also at the site attempting to control the blaze.
The gunman is said to be known to authorities for charges relating to child custody issues.
“The greatest precautions are being taken with regard to the dangerousness of the individual,” a source close to the investigation told AFP.
The local prefecture said police had approached the house to deal with a “domestic violence” situation.
Aside from terror attacks, shootings of police officers in France are relatively rare.
Last May, a man fired at police from his house in the Gironde region of southwest France, wounding one officer. As he was about to fire again, he was shot dead by police.
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